Nov 11, 2021
This is an excerpt from Surgery by Hellozoo, one of the three comics collected in our new ebook, Quiet Fear. Surgery was first self-published as one in a series of four zines. Despite it's fantastical imagery, it's more rooted in reality than the other two stories in Quiet Fear, as it depicts the author's experience being partially sedated for surgery. As he half-consciously witnesses the idle chatter of the doctors around him, he can't help but feel terrified.Though it approaches the subject playfully, the comic is deeply unsettling.
Image description: In simple line illustrations, a man sits on a hospital bed with doctor's around him. As the doctor's casually discuss dinner plans and anesthetic methods, he anxiously listens to them.